The legislature could spend early 2025 debating how to upend the constitutional amendment on reproductive rights that voters just passed.
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Abortion Dislocations
Seven states passed constitutional amendments protecting abortion this year, but the backlash from anti-abortion forces has only just begun.
Posted inPolitics
Different Circumstances in the Next Squad Primary Fight
Cori Bush faces off against Wesley Bell—and millions in super PAC money. But the story isn’t that simple.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Could the GOP Do for Birth Control What It Did for Abortion?
Republicans have tipped their hand again.
Posted inPolitics
Breaking the Ballot
Republican state lawmakers are enthusiastic practitioners of direct-democracy backsliding. Can voters hold them off?
Posted inWorking in America
The Fight for $15 Can Take a Bow
Workers are celebrating minimum-wage increases around the country, but the new frontier is already creeping toward $20.
Posted inPolitics
The Squad Faces Its Biggest Political Challenge Yet
In 2024, the most progressive Democrats in the House face attacks from several directions.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Language Barriers Complicate the Geography of News Deserts
Lack of access to local bilingual news isolates people who speak little or no English.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Supreme Court Decides Fake Plaintiffs Are Good Plaintiffs
The result is that student debt cancellation for 43 million borrowers has been wiped away.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Minnesota Stands Out in Midwest on Abortion
After ‘Dobbs,’ state lawmakers moved decisively to liberalize reproductive rights laws.